The objective of this course is to help students understand the meaning and importance of creativity and how they can become more creative in a professional setting by using techniques used by artists (the creativity experts) in various domains. The course will equip the students with specific strategies and standard tools to enhance their creativity and through a novel 3- S model approach, help them to systematically learn and practice creativity for problem solving, idea generation, critical thinking, communication, collaboration etc.
What you'll learn
What is creativity
What is the creative process
Several techniques for creating which include
- Visualization
- Empathy
-Combining and Recombining
- Building Upon
- Reframing
- Mindful Observation
And more....
Requirements
Recommended Books
Though no text books are recommended for this course, the following can be used as reference or companion text
1. Ashoo Khosla, “Off the corporate bus and into the creativity boat, Jaico Publishing House , (Oct, 2017)
2. Dr Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi PhD, “Flow: The Psychology of Optimal Experience”, Harper Collins,(1990)
3. Karim Benammar, “Reframing. The art of thinking differently” Boom; (June, 2012)
